adminANDY Murray returns to action for the first time since winning Wimbledon when he plays in the Rogers Cup in Canada this week. Murray plays either Grigor Dimitrov or Marcel Granollers in the second round after receiving a first-round bye. It is the Briton’s return to the North American hard-court circuit ahead of his US Open title defence.
“I’ll work as hard as I can to give myself an opportunity at the US Open and see how I do there,” he said.
Bulgaria’s Dimitrov is set to face Spaniard Granollers in the Rogers Cup – which is a Masters 1000 event – today, with Murray likely to play the winner in Montreal tomorrow.
It will be the 26-year-old’s first appearance since winning the Wimbledon title last month when he became Britain’s first men’s champion in 77 years with a straight-sets victory against world number one Novak Djokovic.
But the world number two insists he is more intent on winning another Slam than displacing Djokovic at the top of the singles rankings.
He won his first major with victory over the Serb at last year’s US Open and returns to New York to defend his crown when the tournament starts on 26 August.
“Every player would like to get to number one, but I would rather win another Grand Slam or two and not get to number one,” said Murray.
Second seed Murray (26) has been separated from Djokovic and Rafael Nadal in the Rogers Cup draw, but could face sixth seed Juan Martin Del Potro in the quarter-finals.- BBC
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